Great Chishill village website: www.greatchishill.org.uk.
Great Chishill Parish Council website: http://www.greatchishillpc.com/
Susan regularly attends parish council meetings and her reports are included in parish council minutes.
Lib Dem District Councillor Jose Hales: www.josehales.com
Village Groups
If you run a village group and would like help advertising an event or recruiting volunteer helpers, please let Susan know and she would be glad to include a few lines in her monthly community e-newsletter.
Windmill
At the Annual Parish Meeting on May 13, Parish Councillor Jim Brealey reported on progress toward creating a trust for the Windmill, following the County Council’s decision to sell this listed property. You can contact Jim via the Parish Council website: http://www.greatchishillpc.com, and you can support the new Windmill trust project by becoming a Friend of Great Chishill Windmill: http://www.greatchishillwindmill.com.
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Chishill Youth Club
The County Council withdrew funding for all of its open access youth clubs this year. Great Chishill Youth Club has managed to keep itself up and running on its own steam and has organized a number of fundraisers to support the club. Please contact Ruth Dibblee or Janet Erskine, via http://www.greatchishillpc.com.
Royston and District Community Transport scheme
If you are elderly or mobility impaired, and need lifts to the doctor’s or to get shopping done, you could benefit from the Royston and District Community Transport scheme.
A fleet of volunteer drivers donate their time free of charge. Passengers contribute 45 pence per mile; the minimum charge is £4 per journey up to nine miles. The scheme also operates a wheelchair-accessible 12/16 seat minibus and a four-six seat Multi-Purpose Vehicle.
The service can be used for health care appointments, day centres, special needs clubs, social purposes and shopping.
If you require a lift – or would like to volunteer as a driver – please text or phone 01763-245228 between 9AM and 3PM Monday to Friday; an answer phone will take a message if the phone is unmanned. (Please don’t be put off by the answer phone – it does get checked regularly!) You can also email the service at rct1@totalise.co.uk.
